David O'Connor
Professor of Philosophy
574-631-6226
doconnor@nd.edu
332 Malloy
by appointment
Education
BA, University of Notre Dame '80
Ph.D., Stanford '85
Research Interest
Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Literature
David K. O’Connor is a faculty member in the departments of Philosophy and of Classics at the University of Notre Dame. His teaching and writing focus on ancient philosophy, aesthetics, ethics and politics, and philosophy of religion. Dr. O’Connor is an acclaimed teacher and lecturer. His online lectures on love and sexuality have reached a wide international audience, and are the basis of his two recent books, Love is Barefoot Philosophy (in Chinese translation, 2014) and Plato’s Bedroom: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love(2015). He has also published extensively on the relation between philosophy, art, and literature, in both the ancient and the modern world.